BirdUp · Species
American Golden Plover
Pluvialis dominica(Müller, PLS, 1776)
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Pluvialis
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The American golden plover is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name dominica refers to Santo Domingo, now Hispaniola, in the West Indies.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- High Arctic to subarctic, Alaska and north and north-east Canada: north-west, north and east Alaska, Yukon to north-central British Columbia east to west Hudson Bay and Baffin I. (north-east Canada)
- Non-breeding range
- Coastal south-east Brazil and inland grassland, Paraguay to east-central Argentina and coastal south-east Argentina
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
3 photos
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